Chapter 62 Madness

Yu Cheng saw that Shi Xuan didn't care at all, and was afraid that he would take it lightly, so he reminded him: "Senior, that Li Daoren doesn't seem to be someone who is easy to get along with. You can't take it lightly. You can't stay in the market all the time. Even if you are in the market, it is not absolutely safe. There are always some people who take risks."

Shi Xuan nodded while eating, and put down his chopsticks after a while and said: "I will be prepared. I am very afraid of death, so I won't take it lightly."

Seeing that Shi Xuan listened to his advice, Yu Cheng also put his mind at ease and concentrated on eating. In just a moment, the two of them had eaten and drunk enough, and called the maid to come over and prepare to stay in the yard behind the Qingyu Building.

When the maid went to handle this matter, Yu Cheng said goodbye to Shi Xuan: "Senior, it's getting late today, and I have to go home, so I won't stay with you for long."

"Oh, you don't live in Chaoxifang?"

"How can I afford to live in Chaoxifang? I can only live in the nearby market town. If the Taoist priest still needs me to lead the way tomorrow, just look for me at the port." Yu Cheng said with a wry smile.

Shi Xuan nodded: "Okay, you go ahead."

Not long after Yu Cheng left, the maid had arranged the accommodation: "Sir, just follow the waiter over there, but we have to pay the bill first at Qingyu Tower. Thank you for the thirty crystal beads."

Shi Xuan took out a low-grade spirit stone, then stared at the maid with a sharp gaze, watching her make the change. It was not that Shi Xuan was reluctant to spend the money, but he wanted to see what the crystal beads looked like.

Crystal beads are round, small, pearl-like things, but there is a faint light on them, just like spirit stones. However, spirit stones are polyhedrons, crystal clear, and contain a lot of spiritual energy, so spirit stones of different properties have different colors, which look very beautiful.

After putting the crystal beads in the storage bag, Shi Xuan followed a slightly pale waiter to the backyard. On the way, Shi Xuan was thinking about Li Daoren. He would live in the cave tomorrow, so he should not have the chance to be attacked by him. When he went to Penglai Island in the future, the Penglai Sect would definitely maintain the affairs between the ceremonies. The only thing to worry about was whether he had to go through the teleportation array on the way to Penglai Island.

After entering the backyard, he went all the way to the left and soon came to a secluded courtyard. The waiter pointed to the courtyard and said to Shi Xuan: "Sir, this is it, please go in."

Stepping into this courtyard, it was not big, only seven or eight feet square, very quiet, as if even the sea breeze blowing in the evening had disappeared, and the ground was not swept very clean. Shi Xuan was stunned for a moment, and his mind changed. He immediately became alert. He did not think about the door one step behind him, but immediately took out the Soul-Bewitching Banner and used the Golden Dragon Armor Spell at the same time. Then the Soul-Bewitching Banner shook, and the gray-white foul mist quickly filled the entire small courtyard.

When the first level of restriction was formed, the foul mist of the Soul-Bewitching Banner was three feet in radius. Now it is the seventh level of restriction. Although the power has not been improved qualitatively, the range of the foul mist is ten feet.

Unfortunately, the foul mist only reached the courtyard wall and was blocked by a layer of faint white light, unable to spread out.

As early as when Shi Xuan took out the Soul-Bewitching Banner and shook it, a head-sized fireball flew out from the left corner of the courtyard, and a flying spike with a metallic luster was shining directly opposite. After a few beats, four or five talismans turned into blue thunder, ice spikes, and sword beams and flew to where Shi Xuan was standing.

How could Shi Xuan still be in the same place? As soon as the foul mist appeared, he immediately rushed forward. As soon as he landed, the air wave of the fireball explosion came from behind him, and then the place where he was standing just now was submerged by various magic.

The aftermath of the spells fell on Shi Xuan, but were blocked by the Golden Dragon Armor Spell. Shi Xuan used the invisibility spell when the first wave of spells ended, and then quietly sneaked forward.

The foul mist in front of the courtyard gate was swept away by the fireball, but after a few breaths, the foul mist in other places spread again, turning the entire courtyard into a gray-white fog world again.

In the gray-white foul mist, the attackers could not even see a few feet in front of them. The keen sense brought by soul practice seemed to be weakened by the foul mist. Coupled with the effect of the invisibility spell, they naturally could not find Shi Xuan's trace.

Someone activated a talisman, and a golden light flashed. It seemed to be a talisman that enhanced eyesight and could see through things in the fog. Unfortunately, this was not an ordinary fog, but a foul fog mixed with foul air and disease, so it was naturally impossible to see through it.

They quietly moved away from the place where they first stood, and did not dare to shout and communicate rashly, fearing that Shi Xuan would seize the opportunity to lock their positions and then counterattack, so the two sides quietly confronted each other in the gray-white foul mist. The whole yard was terribly silent.

In this dead silence, someone suddenly shouted shrilly: "There is something wrong with this fog!"

As soon as the voice fell, the other three voices also shouted: "My left hand has begun to rot!"

"My head hurts!"

"Cough, cough, cough, boss, save me quickly!"

Then various talismans flashed, and one after another healing and protective spells were added to the body alternately, but none of them worked, because the talismans prepared conventionally were mainly used to protect against direct attacks, and a small amount was used to prevent soul attacks, such as the effect of corrupting flesh and blood in the fog. Few people would prepare relevant talismans. This shows the disadvantages of the Qi-nourishing and Out-of-Body stages. There are many spells and talismans that can be used, but it is impossible to learn every one, or to prepare one of every one on the body, unlike the Qi-inducing stage, which has its own magic power and true qi to protect the body.

Although the healing spells worked, they were corroded by the foul air again after they were cured, and could not play a big role.

At other times, headaches and fevers would not make the cultivators in the Qi-nourishing stage panic, but in the quiet environment surrounded by gray-white fog, the fear in their hearts was infinitely magnified.

In the corner opposite the gate, after a long silence, he seemed to be finally forced into a panic by the constant shouting for help from his subordinates. He also thought that Shi Xuan might have touched the people who made the sound earlier, and said anxiously: "Don't panic, this fog is not very toxic! I'm fine! You can use the blessing talisman to resist."

As soon as the voice fell, a strange thunder of metal clashing sounded, and the person who had just spoken immediately screamed.

Shi Xuan had already touched the vicinity, but although he was holding the Soul-Bewitching Banner, he could only see half a foot more than the other attackers. After all, it was only a magic weapon with seven levels of restrictions, and many effects were not perfect. When those people shouted, Shi Xuan did not turn to attack them, but waited here quietly. After the two out-of-body cultivators were dealt with, what about those nourishing qi cultivators?

As soon as the out-of-body cultivator spoke, Shi Xuan recognized the voice of Li Daoren, gathered his thoughts, and quietly approached Li Daoren. Before he moved, the fourth-level Shangqing hand pivot thunder blasted over.

Li Daoren was caught off guard. The protective spell on his body seemed to be only the third level. It was directly blasted by Shi Xuan's Shangqing hand pivot thunder. Suddenly, lightning lingered on his body and he screamed.

Shi Xuan succeeded in one thunder, and did not stop. He quickly retreated to the left, and then saw the fireball, green thunder, sword light, etc. flying to the place just now, and it seemed that they did not care about Li Daoren's life or death at all.

Although Shi Xuan's fourth-level Shangqing Hand Pivot Thunder was more than twice as powerful as the third-level, it did not kill Li Daoren directly after breaking the protective spell. It only left him seriously injured and unable to move. He watched various spells flying at him and screamed in despair again.

Amid the explosion of spells, Shi Xuan used the Invisibility and Concealment Spell again. After changing his position, he harmonized the power of the five internal organs, mobilized the water energy in his body, condensed a snow-like thunder ball in his palm, and cast it silently on the ground, and then changed his position again.

The ice thunder made a slight explosion, and then a half-thick layer of ice formed on the ground with that place as the center, and quickly spread in all directions.

The range of the ice thunder used in this way was not large, only three feet in radius, but Shi Xuan used it on the left, so most of the ground on the left half of the yard was covered with a half-thick layer of ice, while there was only a little on the right.

After the slight explosion of the ice thunder, the fireball flew there immediately, while the spells transformed from the talismans such as the blue thunder and sword light waited for a long time before they were used. I think it is the same reason. The cultivators in the Qi-nourishing stage should have consumed most of their soul power by using talismans like they did just now.

After Shi Xuan changed his position, he paid close attention to the movement in the left corner. As expected, after a while, he heard a sliding sound on the ice layer. The cultivator in the Out-of-Body Stage stepped on the ice layer while changing his position!

While the Out-of-Body Stage cultivator had exposed his position and had not yet stood firm, Shi Xuan raised the Soul-Bewitching Banner and brushed a black light, followed by a Shangqing Hand Pivot Thunder to the ground.

Seeing the black light brushing, the Out-of-Body Stage cultivator did not dare to neglect it. Before he could figure out the details, he would not take it hard. He followed the momentum of the slide and fell to the ground, ready to roll away. At this time, Shi Xuan's Shangqing Hand Pivot Thunder just hit him. He was powerless to dodge, so he had to bear it head-on, hoping that the protective spell on his body could save his life.

Unfortunately, Shi Xuan's Shangqing Hand Pivot Thunder was of the fourth level, and this cultivator's cultivation was slightly inferior to Li Daoren, so half of his body was directly smashed and he rolled on the ground wailing.

Shi Xuan did not dare to neglect it. He could not wait until he regained consciousness to use the healing spell. After changing his position, he used another golden blade divine wind to cut him in half and ended his life.

The three cultivators in the Qi-cultivation stage did not make a move at this time. The wailing of the remaining out-of-body cultivator had frightened them. While Shi Xuan was still dealing with the out-of-body cultivator, the three of them went to the courtyard gate in their memory at the same time.

After dealing with the out-of-body cultivator on the ground, Shi Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, but still calmly went to the direction of the courtyard gate. On the way, he followed the sound and gave a golden blade divine wind to a cultivator in the Qi-cultivation stage, killing him without even a scream.

The cultivator closest to the door pushed open the courtyard door and rolled out. The white light on the courtyard wall immediately dissipated when the courtyard door opened, and the foul air naturally spread out.

Seeing that the situation was settled, Shi Xuan raised the Soul-Bewitching Banner and took the foul air back into the banner. At the same time, he killed the remaining cultivator in the Qi-Cultivation Stage with a thunderbolt, leaving only one alive.

When he stepped out of the courtyard door, the cultivator was restrained by a purple-clothed girl. Behind her stood four men in uniform black clothes with a bright moon in the middle. They were dressed in the same style as the guards of the abbey owner seen during the day. Beside them were two middle-aged men in Taoist robes.

The purple-clothed girl had willow-shaped eyebrows, phoenix eyes, a beautiful nose and pink lips. She was extremely beautiful. She was tall, but well-proportioned. However, what caught people's attention at first sight was not her beauty, but her heroic and imposing demeanor. At this time, she was looking at the two middle-aged men in Taoist robes beside her with a frosty face. When she saw Shi Xuan coming out, she was silent for a long time, and then she said in a low voice with some embarrassment: "I rushed over as soon as I felt the fluctuation of magic. I didn't expect you to have solved it. This time, our market guards were not good enough. I'm really sorry."

Shi Xuan had already guessed that the white light on the courtyard wall was a formation to prevent the fluctuations of magic and the sound of fighting from leaking out, but at this moment he was sighing about one thing in his heart. His usual view on doing things was not to underestimate the wisdom of others, but now he had to add one more thing, not to underestimate the madness of others.